Phonograph.



0. ARNOLD.

PHONOGRAPH.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1908. ll Patented Aug. 20, 1912.

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PHONOGRAPH. APPLICATION FILED JULY 31, 1908.

Patiented Aug. 20, 1912.

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OF NEUSTADT, COBURG, GERMANY.

PHONOGRAPH.

Loaders.

i Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 20, MM2.

Application filed July 31, 1908. Serial No. 446,352.

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, OSCAR ARNOLD, citizen of Germany, residing at- Neustadt, 1n

the Duchy of Coburg, in the German Fmifor use in connection with talking dolls and liketoys in which the speaking apparatus is vbuilt into the doll body and is caused to operate by the pressure of a button.

rThe invention, as hereinafter more described and as particularly set outv in the accompanying claims, is illustrated in one embodiment in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a side view partly in section; Fig. 2 is a front elevation; Fig. 3 an enf larged detail view in sectional side elevation taken on the line A-B,' Fig.` 4; Fig. a a front elevation of the same; Fig. 5 a plan view of the part shown in Fig. el; and Fig.

6 a sectional plan taken on the line C-D,

Fig. 3.

Referring tothe drawings, the sound box carrierconsists of an angle piece, of which the vertical arm a is provided in its upper portion with a guide sleeve (c, and in its lower portion with a fork a2, embracing and traveling on guide rods b and c respectively. The vhorizontal arm a, of the carrier extends over the sound box d in the form of a loop (see Fig. G)v and at pivot-ed to the sound box, which latter at opposite side rests by means of a stud (l, in, a notch e, of the bar e which is mounted on the carrier a and vertically movable thereon by virtue of its slot-andpin connections e, e2. (See-particularly Figs. 3 and 4.) This bane moved by means of a rocker f fuk-.ruined at f1, extending into a recess e, of the'ba'r e, and overlaid and held down by a'guid'e-roll ortrave er e3, connectits extremity 44 it is ed with the sound-box by being mounted on the bar e. Said rocker f serves for and is formed as a track for the guide roll es (see Figs. 2, l and 5), and is formed at its righthand end as a two-arm lever whose one arm f, 'carries a button while 4its other arm f3 carriesI a spring-brake L ,Y'inf-frictional contact with the regulatorpullyjg To the arm f3k attached'a't'ension spring 72. secured at its other end to'a standard tixed to the machineframqsaid spring h serving to normally hold'the rocker in its upper position. A I In the frame at the left end of the rocker fis mounted a spring catch c, which-,-as the rocker f is moved the` button fpf., Slips over the rocker and holds' the. same down," at which time the catch logis inthe plane of the roll e3, whose function is to push back the spring catch when the carrier a and the bar e arrive at their extreme left-hand position, Fig. 2.

On the carriera is mounted a leaf spring vZ, bearing a threaded'segment [normally held by a pinZ2 secured to and extending from bar e as bestseen in Figs, 3 and a, out Cf'engagement with the threaded drive spindle m but tending to operatively engage the same so as to move the sound box forward over the record. A return spring n secured at its right end to the sound box, ret-urn the apparatus to the starting point,

a buifer oof leather, rubber or the like preventing any undue shock in the return movement. n The driving of the spindle m, and of the record p is effected in any ordinary manner by a motorv o through suitable gearing not shown.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the parts to be at rest' and t-he spring fn to have drawn the sound box and other mecha-l nism to the starting point to the right, the spring 7L holding the brake f4 in the operative position to prevent movement of the parts. `When the button is pressed, the rocker f descends, releasing the brake f,l and starting tlc` motor. Atthe same time the bar e is depressed so as to disengage the pin Z2 from the spring 3 the threaded segment Z to engage the drive spindle fm. Simultaneously with the depressing of the bar e, the sound box d drops with its needle into contact with the record l), and the catch 7u being released from the roller a, syn-ings into place above the rocker j' to hold it down.' Thereupon the phono# thereby allowing downward by pressure on serves to of rest until the button f5 is again pressed.

Having thus fully` described my invention, what I-claim is 1. In a phonograph,the combinationnvith a record, a vsound-box adapted to travel with respect to the record, a motor, and a drive.

spindle connected with the motor, and means yfor causing thesound-box to engage the recordfandthe drive-spindle, of a rocker arranged to disengage the -sound-box from the `record and the drive-spindle,l a brake adapted to arrest the motor, a connection between the rocker and the brake to apply the brake simultaneously with the d1sengagement of the sound-box from the spindle and record,m eans for locking the rocker when the sound-box is engaged with the spindle, and means for trippingsaid locking mcans'at the end of the travel of the sound-box, whereby the rocher is permitted to act.

2. In a phonograph, the combination with y a record, a motor, a drive spindle connected therewith, and a sound-box adapted to engage' the .drive-spindle and to travel With respect to the record, of a rocker provided with means for simultaneously disengaging the sound-box from the record and the drive-spindle and provided with a guideway, yielding, means directly connected to the rocker for tilting the same into its inoperative position, a traveler' arrangedv to move over the guide-way, a catch for locking the rocker when the sound-box is in engagment with the recordand the spindle andarranged in the path of the traveler, a

lever arranged on the rocker for pushing it into itsoperative position against the stress of the yielding disengaging` means, and means independent of and arranged laterally of the drive-spindle for automatically returning the sound-box to-its starting position when the catch is tripped by the traveler. Y

3. In a phonograph,the'combination, with a'record, a motor to drive the same, a drivespindle connected to the motor, a bralre adapted to arrest the motor, and a soundbox adapted to engage the drive-spindle and the record, of a rocker arranged to simultaneously disengage the sound-box from the .s drive-spindle and the record and' to apply the brake, means forlocking the rocker when the sound-box is engaged with the record and the drive-spindle and the brake is re-v on the rocker, and means to automatically return the sound-box to the starting point `when the locking means are tripped.

4. In a phonograph, the comb1nation,.with the sound box, the record, the vmotmynd.

the drive spindle, ofa rocker arranged to.

permit the connection of the drive spindle with the sound box,. a` catch to hold the rocker in its operative position, and means carried with the sound box and arranged at the limit of its travel :to release the catch, a lever secured to the rocker, a button mounted on one arm of the lever, the brake attached to the second arm of the lever and' adapted to arrest the .Inotor, a spring also attached to the second lever arm and tending to apply the brake and lift the rocker when the catch is released, means connected with -the rocker to release the sound box from the spindlevwh'en' the catch is released, and means to automatically return the 'sound box to the starting point.`

5. In a phonograph, the combination, with the sound box, the record-the motor, and the drive spind1e,of a threaded segment, a spring pressing the segment into engagement with the spindle, a bar provided 'with a -pin to press the spring out of operation, a rocker arranged to lift the bar to release the segment from the spindle, a spring tending' to operate the rocker, a catch to hold the rocker out of operation, means carried with the-sound box to release the catch at the 'limit of its travel to permit the rocker to lift the bar to disconnect the driving spindle, and means to return the sound box to the starting point. l

6. In a phonograph,the combinati0n,with

the sound box, the record, the motor, and the drive spindle and a brake adapted to arrest the motor, of a threaded segment, a spring pressing the segment into engagement with thespindle, a bar provided with a pinto press the spring ut of operation, a rocker arranged to lift the bar to release the segment from the spindle and apply the brake, a spring tending to operate the rocker, a catch to hold the rocker out of operation, means carried with t-he sound box to release the catchat the limit of its travel to permit the rocker to lift the bar 4to disconnect the driving spindle and simultaneously apply the brake, and means to return thesound box to the starting point. p

7 In a phonograph,the combinatiom'with the sound box, the record, the motor, and thel drive spindle, of a threaded segment, a

spring pressing the segment into engagement ment from the spindle, a spring tending to operate the rocker, a catch to hold the rocker out ofoperation,l means carried with the sound box to release the catch at the limit of its travel to permit the rocker to lift the bar to disconnect the driving spindle, and means to return the sound box to the `starting point,

thesound box having (a swinging connection with the bar, whereby as the bar drops toV 10 permit a connection `between the drive spin-l recor In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

.OSCAR ARNOLD.

Witnesses:

OTTO LAUB, OLGA HINGE. 

